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Big meal. by rustin gooden

Sun, 11 May 2008 09:14:33 MST

This is the largest black bear I have ever seen. He was chasing ravens away from the dead moose. Thats just selfish.

Hungry. by rustin gooden

Sun, 11 May 2008 09:04:37 MST

He got it.

Count the Eagles and Bears. by rustin gooden

Sun, 11 May 2008 09:01:37 MST

I am leaving to go to Haines tomorrow night. Can not wait to start shooting again.

Rafting by rustin gooden

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:43:15 MST

This is from a raft trip in Alaska this summer.

After the birth. by rustin gooden

Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 MST

I watched this girl on the rivers edge and figured she was about to drop a calf. I floated by and pulled my raft over to watch her.

Red Bellied Woodpecker by rustin gooden

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 MST

This Red Bellied woodpecker was eating something off this Bromeliad. I think it was eating the top of the purple flower. My girlfriend thinks that he is eating the nectar or insects inside. Anybody have any other ideas?

Osprey with young. by rustin gooden

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 MST

This Osprey parent was taking turns feeding the 3 youngs ones. They have just fledged the nest this week.

Big Gator vs Little Gator by rustin gooden

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 MST

I had a hard time getting any images from this encounter. The light was very low. The bigger gator grabbed the little one and tried to kill it. The picture you see is the little one trapped in the jaws of the bigger one. He had some fight in him though. He went for the eye. One problem with poking a gator in the eye though. There is extra room in their socket for situations like this. The eye ball just sinks into the skull out of reach. The little guy survived this encounter because he was screaming so much. A bigger bull of a gator heard the commotion and came over for a part of the action. The alligator promptly released the little on and got out of the area. The little one was about 2.5 feet long. The gator that grabbed him was about 7 feet long and the big daddy was about 9 feet long. Rustin

Soft Landing by rustin gooden

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 MST

This is a Red Shouldered Hawk getting ready to land.

Cottonmouth by rustin gooden

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 MST

I did not antagonize this snake. It looks like I got to close to him, but I did not notice him until he had already opened his mouth. That is natures way of saying, "Leave me Alone." I took a picture and promptly let him be. 153mm f2.8 1/100th iso 200